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Spring has officially arrived now. Once you plant a peony plant they can live to be 100 years old.
“Roses as big as cabbages” is how the explorer Marco Polo described peonies when he saw them for the first time. via birdandblooms. 🙂

The Peony is best known by its scientific name, Paeonia. This is only the name of the genus – individual varieties of Peony feature different individual Latin names. The Peony takes its name from the mythological Greek character Paeon, who studied with the god of medicine known as Asclepius. Zeus had to transform the student into a beautiful flower when he showed more promise than his teacher and incurred his wrath.

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My absolute favorite flower, so lush and luscious! I have huge buds on my bushes but you’re ahead of me BobbieZen
One of my bushes came from my grandmother’s garden to my dad to my house. I love the history of it.